†Baskintoconops Pielowska-Ceranowska 2023 (biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: A. Pielowska-Ceranowska. 2023. Taxonomic names, in A new genus and species of Leptoconopinae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Lower Cretaceous Baskinta amber outcrop in Lebanon. European Journal of Taxonomy 908:27-38
Parent taxon: Leptoconopinae according to A. Borkent et al. 2025
See also Pielowska-Ceranowska 2023
Sister taxa: Archiaustroconops, Austroconops, Fossileptoconops, Jordanoconops, Leptoconops, Minyohelea
Subtaxa: Baskintoconops maaloufi
Type: Baskintoconops maaloufi
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Baskinta, Qanat Bakish (LU QBC collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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